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how he in turn helped the young men who came to him when he 

 became a teacher. How he took them into his home, raised 

 funds for their support or to enable them to travel, how above 

 all else he inspired them with a love of all phases of nature. 

 From first to last the impression is made of the vigor of the man 

 and the amount of detailed work he accomplished. 



\M"iile the book is in general well written it is marred in places 

 by crudity of expression, apparently literal translations from the 

 Swedish. It would have helped in following the travels on the 

 map if the names in the text and on the map had been spelled 

 alike. There are reproductions of paintings of Linnaeus at 

 different periods and of the homes he occupied. The book gives 

 many facts never before published in English, is as complete as 

 a biography can well be, but is especially valuable because of 

 the way in which Linnaeus is made to live for the reader. 



G. T. Hastings 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE CLUB 



Meeting of November 14, 1923 



This meeting was held at the American Museum of Natural 

 History. The program of the evening consisted of a lecture by 

 Mr. Carl Bannwart on "Great Men and their Attitude toward 

 Trees," which was copiously illustrated by beautiful lantern- 

 slides and was accompanied by many quotations from ancient 

 and modern literature. 



Marshall A. Howe, 



Secretary 



Meeting of November 28, 1923 



The meeting of November 28 was held at the Museum of 

 The N. Y. Botanical Garden. 



Miss Helen M. Carr, Mt. Vernon, N. Y., was elected to 

 membership. 



The first paper on the scientific program was on "Viability 

 of Date Pollen " by Dr. A. B. Stout. The date palm is dioecious 

 and the practice of growing only a few of the staminate trees 

 and making artificial pollinations has been in vogue for many 

 centuries. For use in pollination the Arabs often keep the pollen 

 for one or more years, sometimes it is alleged, for as much as 



